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In short, we have a clear winner — Core i5-11600 outperforms the cheaper Ryzen 5 1600X on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i5-11600 is 1435 days newer than the cheaper Ryzen 5 1600X.
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
- Up to 11% cheaper than Core i5-11600 - $125.0 vs $140.0
Advantages of Intel Core i5-11600
- Performs up to 25% better in Rust than Ryzen 5 1600X - 228 vs 183 FPS
- Up to 10% better value when playing Rust than Ryzen 5 1600X - $0.61 vs $0.68 per FPS
- Consumes up to 32% less energy than AMD Ryzen 5 1600X - 65 vs 95 Watts
Rust
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
AMD Ryzen 5 1600X Processor (YD160XBCAEWOF)
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Core i5-11600
Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021
FPS
228
100%
Value, $/FPS
$0.61/FPS
100%
Price, $
$140
89%
FPS and Value Winner
Intel® Core™ i5-11600 Desktop Processor 6 Cores up to 4.8 GHz LGA1200 (Intel® 500 Series & Select 400 Series Chipset) 65W
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TOP 5 Games
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1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Ryzen 5 1600X
Desktop • Apr 11th, 2017
Core i5-11600
Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
AMD Ryzen 5 1600X | vs | Intel Core i5-11600 |
|---|---|---|
| Apr 11th, 2017 | Release Date | Mar 16th, 2021 |
| Ryzen 5 | Collection | Core i5 |
| Summit Ridge | Codename | Rocket Lake |
| AMD Socket AM4 | Socket | Intel Socket 1200 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 6 | Cores | 6 |
| 12 | Threads | 12 |
3.6 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 2.8 GHz |
| 4.0 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.8 GHz |
| 95 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
36.0x | Multiplier | 28.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
Yes | Overclockable | No |
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